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KKFR
KKFR (98.3 FM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Mayer, Arizona, and serves the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Desert Valley Media Group and airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format. KKFR broadcasts at 98.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 41 kW. The station's studios are located on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix and its transmitter is located in Crown King, Arizona, producing a rimshot signal from northwest of Phoenix. KKFR is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated program ''Dana Cortez Show''. KKFR primarily competes against mainstream top 40 stations KZZP and KALV-FM, and classic hip hop station KZCE. This marks the first time in many years that "Power" had significant competition with rival stations in the market. History 92.3 FM On December 19, 1970, the station at 92.3 FM first signed on with the call sign KXTC, and aired a mix of mainstream and contemporary jazz music. In 1978, the station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KALV-FM
KALV-FM (101.5 MHz, "Live 101-5") is a commercial FM radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and it airs a Top 40/ CHR format. KALV-FM's studios are located in downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park. For its first 20 years, the stations went by the call letters KHEP. From 1992 - 2016, the station used the callsign KZON. History Early years On July 5, 1964, the station signed on the air as KHEP-FM and aired a classical music format. It was owned by Grand Canyon Broadcasting, along with religious station 1280 AM KHEP (now KXEG). In 1973, KHEP-FM moved from the AM radio tower to a new facility on South Mountain, increasing its effective radiated power from 26 to 100 kilowatts. In 1985, KHEP-FM was sold to the owners of the ''Boston Globe'' and took the call sign KONC ("Concert 101"). In 1986, the station abandoned classical music for satellite-delivered soft rock as KAMJ ("Magic 101"), using the Transtar Radio Networks' 'Format 41' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZON
KZON (103.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Gilbert, Arizona, and broadcasting to the Phoenix metropolitan area. KZON airs a Rhythmic Hot AC radio format branded as "Hot 97.5/103.9" (simulcasting with KMVA 97.5 FM Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona). Its studios are located on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix, while its transmitter is located in San Tan Valley, Arizona. It is owned by Riviera Broadcasting. History Country (1981-1993) The station signed on the air on February 25, 1981 as KQEZ "Easy Country 103" in Coolidge, Arizona. It was powered at only 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output, so the station primarily focused on the Casa Grande Valley. In 1991, original owner Larry E. Salsburey sold the station to Scott Christianson's Chriscom. KQEZ, however, fell on financial hard times in the early 1990s. In September 1992, KQEZ's disc jockeys informed listeners that they had not been paid in a month; at that time, owner Christianson said he could not pay workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOAI
KOAI (95.1 FM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Sun City West, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station is owned by Riviera Broadcasting, an subsidiary of the Yucaipa Companies. It broadcasts an oldies and classic hits radio format, featuring mostly hits from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. It primarily competes with Audacy-owned 94.5 KOOL-FM, which concentrates on 1980s hits, with some 70s and 90s titles. KOAI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts. The transmitter is in Crown King, Arizona, about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix, giving KOAI a rimshot signal in the metro area. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator 94.9 K235CB in Chandler. The translator is fed by 103.9 KZON- HD2. The studios and offices are on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix. History 95.1 went on the air in 1996, licensed to Winslow, broadcasting from Mingus Mountain and covering areas of Northern Arizona. It was owned by Ted Tucker's Desert West Air Ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMVA
KMVA (97.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Hot AC radio station in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. The station is licensed to Dewey-Humboldt and is owned by Riviera Broadcasting, LLC. KMVA forms a full-time simulcast with KZON in Gilbert in order to cover the entire Phoenix metropolitan area. History In Flagstaff In 1985, Santa Rosa Broadcasting obtained the construction permit for 97.5 in Flagstaff, as KENR, which came to air late in 1986 as a soft adult contemporary station. The station was acquired by KVNA and relaunched on January 15, 1988, as KVNA-FM, moving to a more regular adult contemporary sound. By 1992, it had shifted to contemporary hit radio, branded as "The Heat"; when the Park Lane Group bought KVNA-AM-FM in 1995, the station flipped from adult alternative to adult contemporary "Sunny 97"; while some listeners lamented the change, Park Lane cited the lack of an AC station in the market for the move. Move into Phoenix Marathon Media, a company known for taking rural stations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZZP
KZZP (104.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Mesa, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station airs a top 40 (CHR) format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Studios and offices are on East Van Buren Street in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport. The transmitter is off Road D in South Mountain Park, amid other towers for Phoenix-area FM and TV stations. KZZP has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, broadcasting from a tower at 472 meters (1,549 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT). Programming KZZP is the flagship station of the syndicated ''Johnjay and Rich in the Morning'' show, starring Johnjay Van Es, Rich Berra, Kyle Unfug and Payton Whitmore. Afternoons are hosted by Suzette Rodriguez, a former Johnjay and Rich personality. As of January 2021, KZZP also carries the syndicated show, ''Tino Cochino Radio'' in the evenings. History Early Years The station first signed on the air in 1950 as KTYL-FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZCE
KZCE (101.1 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio station city of license, licensed to Cordes Lakes, Arizona, which is 66 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. KZCE is owned by Sierra H Broadcasting and broadcasts a classic hip hop radio format. Its radio studios are on Indian School Road in Phoenix. KZCE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 40,000 watts. The transmitter is off Tower Mountain Road in Crown King, Arizona, Crown King. It is considered a rim-shot FM station in the Phoenix media market, radio market, since its radio masts and towers, tower is about 50 miles north of Phoenix. History Loop 101 The first attempt to put a station on the air on 101.1 in Payson, Arizona, Payson failed. A group had a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for KRMM. But it never got on the air and the construction permit lapsed. Another group applied for the frequency and was more successful. In the late 1990s, KE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |